Thank youTough question, I'll answer best I can, I used Bristol board paper as I already knew I wanted good strong blacks, for the hair i used mechanical 0.5 & 0.7 pencils and built up the blacks slowly, making sure I kept the areas I want some shine were not over done, I softened and blended areas using tissue lightly and then built the strands back in with the mechanical pencils, I may have used a pencil rubber to achieve some of the highlights on the hair. Hope this helps.